Approaches to design inorganic semiconductors while maintaining structural motifs *Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (No. 11774239), the Natural Science Foundation of SZU (No. 827-000242), the High-End Researcher Startup Funds of SZU (No. 848-0000040251), and the Supporting Funds from Guangdong Province for 1000 Talents Plan (No. 85639-000005). (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xiuwen; Xia, Jianbai
• Is Part Of: Journal of semiconductors. Volume 39:Number 7(2018:Jul.)
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: materials design -- ternary semiconductors -- elemental substitution; 2520M; Semiconductors -- Periodicals; 621.38152
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/7/071002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1674-4926

Abstract

Abstract: Inorganic semiconductors are the essential constituents of information society, having enabled most of the devices for microelectronics, optoelectronics, new energy technology, healthcare devices, artificial intelligence, etc. From the view of condensed matter physics and materials science, inorganic semiconductors are not intricate. However, this special class of materials are keeping inspiring new inventions and consequently new technologies, which in turn promote the design of new semiconductors. The kinds of semiconductors in nature are finite. On one hand, the new techniques need semiconductors with better properties than existing ones, on the other hand, the new computers' software and hardware develop so rapid that it is possible to design new semiconductors according to people's desire before manufacturing them. In this paper, we review the rational design of inorganic semiconductors by transformation of their elemental constituents, while maintaining their structure motifs.